JULY ISSUE

FEATURES

• Turbos Big Test. Forced induction can provide a huge adrenalin rush, but which delivers the biggest thrills? We drive the Audi Quattro, Renault 5 GT, Ford Escort RS, Lancia Delta Integrale, Lotus Esprit, Bentley Turbo R, Porsche 911 and Alpine GTA to find out• Alfa Romeo 6C Beautiful and hugely expensive when new – yet reliant on recycled technology – Alfa’s postwar 6C Freccia d’Oro attracted a film-star following and still dazzles today. We take an original beauty on an unforgettable tour of the Italian lakes• Lancia specialist Thornley Kelham had to tackle heavy accident damage, a seized cylinder head and clumsy body repairs to bring this Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider back to life• The story of a racing AC Cobra 289 that arrived in Australia in a crate, starred at Goodwood and managed to get one of its errant owners off a speeding ticket• John Schofield has scrapped thousands of cars over the years but his personal collection includes a Jensen Interceptor, Chevrolet Bel Air and a fleet of Minis• Reader Tony Smith’s vivid recollection of seeing an Alvis TD21 drophead coupé in rural France comes full circle as we get him behind the wheel of one. Does the reality live up to the memories?• Motor sport journalist and racing driver Loris Goring recalls nearly sinking a Triumph TR2 in swamp, bog-rallying in a VW Beetle, and being ‘slightly frightened’ by a Wyllie Special• Follow our seven steps to picking up the best XJ40 Jaguar XJR

COLUMNISTS

• QUENTIN WILLSON on how Rolls-Royce secured a brighter future by reinventing itself• TOM TJAARDA wonders why it took Porsche so long to develop a four-wheel drive 911• SIMON KIDSTON looks back on Panther’s colourful history – and reveals a guilty secret